Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in women: A study of 75 cases with emphasis on their morphologic spectrum and differential diagnosis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 724-737

  Baker, Patricia M ^a   Clement, Philip B ^b   Young, Robert H ^c  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Malignant mesothelioma; Peritoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; ASCITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUOID MESOTHELIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SARCOMA; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 17844374091     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/2H0NVRERPP2LJDUA     Document Type: Review

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